Henry langfelder



(No Model.)

H. LANGPELDER. COIN GONTROLLED MUSIC BOX.

Patented'June 19; 1s94.

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NITED STATES PATENT Genres.

HENRY LANGFELDER, OF BROOKLYN, AssicNoa TO M. J. PAILLARD & o0,

" on NEW YORK, N.-Y.

COIN-CONTROLLED MUSIC-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,620, dated June 19,1894.

Application filed November 18, 1893- Serial No. 491,315. (No model.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LANGFELDER, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, anda resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Klngs andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoin-Controlled Music-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved startingmechanism for music-boxes,which mechanism is so constructed that itstarts the music-box when a coin is deposited and releases the coin topermit the starting device to. resume its initial position.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointedout in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical transversesectional view of my improved starting mechanism applied' on the musicbox. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1,on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the inner side of thefront of the box, showing the coin pocket and the gutter, parts beingbroken out, and others in section, and Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view, through the coin pocket. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Thestopping and starting lever A, which is approximately L-shaped, ispivoted at A, one end of said lever having a prong afor engaging theflier B such as is usually'applied on a music box mechanism. SaidleverAis provided with an arm 0, the end of which carries a pin 0' thattravels on a circular track D formed in the side of a wheel D formingpart of the music box mechanism, said track having anotch D into whichthe pin 0' can pass and also having a projection .E preferably rounded,which projects beyond said track. From the downwardly projecting part ofthe 45 L-shaped lever A, two arms G H project, the

former toward the rear and the latter toward the front. On the front endof the arm H a fiat tapering coin pocket J is fastened, which is open atthe top and bottom, the width of 50 which pocket at the bottom isslightly greater through the pocket.

than the diameter of the coin that is used'in the device, so that thecoin can readily drop A plate K covering about one-third of the bottomof the pocket projects from the lower end of an angle-lever L pivoted atL to the top of the pocket, on which angle-lever a spring M acts that isfastened to the pocket so as to keep the plate K in position below thebottom of the pocket. When said plate is in normal position, the bottomopening of the pocketis less than the diameter of the coin. Apin N isfastened on a fixed object a short distance below'the up-' per arm L ofthe angle-lever L, sothat when the pocket descends acertain distance thearm L of the angle-lever L strikes against the pin N, whereby the partsare brought into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and theplate K is swung from the bottom of the coin pocket, making an openingof sufficient size for a coin to drop through the bottom of the pocket.

An inclined chute P, preferably made U- shaped or V-shaped incross-section, is fastened to the side of the boxR containing the musicmechanism or other device, the lower end of said chute being above thecoin pocket and provided with a bottom slot P through which the coin candrop. The other end of the chute Pis below the slot S in the top-plate8o Tof the casing or box B, so that a coin dropped through the slot Scan drop into the chute P, roll down the same and pass through the slotP intothe coin pocket.

7 On the end of the arm G of the angle lever 8 5 A a ball or weight W isfastened, which is greater than the weight of the coin pocket, so as tohold said coin pocket raised and against the bottom of the chute P, asshown in Figs. 1 and 3. As long as the coin pocket is in raisedposition, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the hook at on the end of theangle-lever A engages the flier B and thus keeps the mechan: ism atrest. I V

When a coin is dropped through the slot S 9 5 it passes into the coinpocket, as stated, and the combined weight of the coin pocket and thecoin is greater than the weight of the ball W, causing the coin pocketto descend. There by the angle-lever A is moved into the posiloo 1 tionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the hook a is disengaged from theflier, which is now released, and at the same time the pin 0' passes outof the notch D into the track D. The mechanism is now started and themusic begins to play. By the time that the rotary track D has made abouthalf a revolution the projection E extending beyond the same, acts onthe pin 0' and throws the same up still farther, whereby the pocket J ismoved down farther than it was moved by the weight of the coin and thearm L of the angle-lever L strikes against the pin N, whereby the bottomplate K of the coin pocket is swung outward, permitting the coin to dropinto a suitable receptacle in the bottom of the box. Under the action ofthe weight W the coin pocket immediately swings upward, and at the endof the tune, when the notch D in the track D arrives at the pin 0, saidpin passes into said notch and the angle-lever A is raised suiiicientlyto cause the hook ato engage the flier, so that the mechanism is thusstopped and it remains in this position of rest until another coin isdeposited. The mechanism can thus be started by simply depositing acoin; no further manipulation being required, the coin is automaticallyreleased after having performed its function of starting the music boxmechanism, and the starting mechanism immediately resumes its originalposition. This starting mechanism can be applied on music boxes drivenby spring, electric or other motors, and can also be applied on motorsof all kinds for driving mechanical exhibitors, elec- 3 5 tricalexhibitors, toys, &c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with amusic-box cylinder and drivingmechanism, of a wheel rotated with the cylinder and provided inits sidewith a groove having a notch and aprojection extending into the groove,apivoted starting and stopping lever having a pin traveling in saidgroove, and having one arm projecting up into the flier of thedriving-mechanism of the music-box, a rod projecting fromadownwardly-projecting arm of said starting and stopping lever, acoin-pocket on the free end of said arm, a pivoted bottom for saidcoinpoeket, a spring acting on said pivoted bottom, an arm projectingfrom said pivoted bottom above the pivot, a fixed pin for tripping saidarm, a coin-chute leading to the pocket, a rod projecting from thedownwardly-extending arm of the starting and stopping lever, and acounterbalancing weight for the coin-pocket secured to the end of saidrod, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY LANGFELDER.

Witnesses:

W. H. I-IosoLIKE, ALBERT LANCELOT.

